The Air Force Falcons football team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the United States Air Force Academy. Since 1999, the Falcons have competed as a charter member of the Mountain West Conference.

Overall, Air Force has participated in 30 bowl games, and has a 16–13–1 all-time postseason record. The first Air Force bowl game was the 1959 Cotton Bowl, a 0–0 tie with TCU. This was one of two major bowls Air Force has played in, the other being a 34–13 loss to Tennessee in the 1971 Sugar Bowl. The team regularly participated in bowl games in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, as coach Fisher DeBerry led the team to 12 bowl games between 1984 and 2002. Current coach Troy Calhoun has led the team to thirteen bowl games since 2007, with a 31-21 win over James Madison in the 2023 Armed Forces Bowl being the latest bowl game for Air Force. The bowl games most frequented by Air Force has been the Armed Forces Bowl, with seven total appearances (including three straight from 2007–2009), followed by the Liberty Bowl (four straight from 1989–1992).

Key

Results
W Win
L Loss
T Tie

Bowl games

See also: List of Air Force Falcons football seasons


List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach[A 1]
# Bowl Score[A 2] Date Season[A 3] Opponent[A 4] Stadium Location Attendance Head coach
1 Cotton Bowl T 0–0 January 1, 1959 1958 TCU Horned Frogs Cotton Bowl Dallas 75,504 Ben Martin
2 Gator Bowl L 0–35 December 28, 1963 1963 North Carolina Tar Heels Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville 50,018 Ben Martin
3 Sugar Bowl L 13–34 January 1, 1971 1970 Tennessee Volunteers Tulane Stadium New Orleans 75,087 Ben Martin
4 Hall of Fame Classic W 36–28 December 31, 1982 1982 Vanderbilt Commodores Legion Field Birmingham 75,000 Ken Hatfield
5 Independence Bowl W 9–3 December 10, 1983 1983 Ole Miss Rebels Independence Stadium Shreveport 41,274 Ken Hatfield
6 Independence Bowl W 23–7 December 15, 1984 1984 Virginia Tech Independence Stadium Shreveport 41,100 Fisher DeBerry
7 Bluebonnet Bowl W 24–16 December 31, 1985 1985 Texas Longhorns Rice Stadium Houston 42,000 Fisher DeBerry
8 Freedom Bowl L 28–33 December 30, 1987 1987 Arizona State Sun Devils Anaheim Stadium Anaheim 33,261 Fisher DeBerry
9 Liberty Bowl L 29–42 December 28, 1989 1989 Ole Miss Rebels Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis 33,261 Fisher DeBerry
10 Liberty Bowl W 23–11 December 27, 1990 1990 Ohio State Buckeyes Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis 13,144 Fisher DeBerry
11 Liberty Bowl W 31–15 December 29, 1991 1991 Mississippi State Bulldogs Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis 61,497 Fisher DeBerry
12 Liberty Bowl L 0–13 December 31, 1992 1992 Ole Miss Rebels Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis 32,107 Fisher DeBerry
13 Copper Bowl L 41–55 December 27, 1995 1995 Texas Tech Red Raiders Arizona Stadium Tucson 41,004 Fisher DeBerry
14 Las Vegas Bowl L 13–41 December 20, 1997 1997 Oregon Ducks Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney 21,514 Fisher DeBerry
15 Oahu Bowl W 43–25 December 25, 1998 1998 Washington Huskies Aloha Stadium Honolulu 34,083 Fisher DeBerry
16 Silicon Valley Football Classic W 37–34 December 31, 2000 2000 Fresno State Bulldogs Spartan Stadium San Jose 26,542 Fisher DeBerry
17 San Francisco Bowl L 13–20 December 31, 2002 2002 Virginia Tech Hokies Pacific Bell Park San Francisco 25,966 Fisher DeBerry
18 Armed Forces Bowl L 36–42 December 31, 2007 2007 California Golden Bears Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth 40,905 Troy Calhoun
19 Armed Forces Bowl L 28–34 December 31, 2008 2008 Houston Cougars Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth 41,127 Troy Calhoun
20 Armed Forces Bowl W 47–20 December 31, 2009 2009 Houston Cougars Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth 41,414 Troy Calhoun
21 Independence Bowl W 14–7 December 27, 2010 2010 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Independence Stadium Shreveport 39,362 Troy Calhoun
22 Military Bowl L 41–42 December 28, 2011 2011 Toledo Rockets RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 25,042 Troy Calhoun
23 Armed Forces Bowl L 14–33 December 29, 2012 2012 Rice Owls Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth 40,754 Troy Calhoun
24 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl W 38–24 December 20, 2014 2014 Western Michigan Broncos Albertsons Stadium Boise 18,223 Troy Calhoun
25 Armed Forces Bowl L 36–55 December 29, 2015 2015 California Golden Bears Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth 38,915 Troy Calhoun
26 Arizona Bowl W 45–21 December 30, 2016 2016 South Alabama Jaguars Arizona Stadium Tucson 33,868 Troy Calhoun
27 Cheez-It Bowl W 31–21 December 27, 2019 2019 Washington State Cougars Chase Field Phoenix 34,105 Troy Calhoun
28 First Responder Bowl W 31–28 December 28, 2021 2021 Louisville Cardinals Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas 15,251 Troy Calhoun
29 Armed Forces Bowl W 30–15 December 31, 2022 2022 Baylor Bears Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth 43,875 Troy Calhoun
30 Armed Forces Bowl W 31–21 December 23, 2023 2023 James Madison Dukes Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth 30,828 Troy Calhoun
  1. ^ Statistics correct as of 2019–20 NCAA football bowl games.
  2. ^ Results are sortable first by whether the result was an Air Force win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
  3. ^ Links to the season article for the Air Force team that competed in the bowl for that year.
  4. ^ Links to the season article for the opponent that Air Force competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.

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References

  1. ^ 2013 Air Force football media guide. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
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